Triple
T11640553
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thornton Affair |
E276646
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedAsJustificationBy |
P89146
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James K. Polk |
E82310
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: James K. Polk | Statement: [Thornton Affair, usedAsJustificationBy, James K. Polk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James K. Polk Context triple: [Thornton Affair, usedAsJustificationBy, James K. Polk]
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A.
James K. Polk
chosen
James K. Polk was the 11th president of the United States, known for his expansionist policies that led to significant territorial gains including much of the present-day American Southwest.
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B.
James G. Polk
James G. Polk was an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter known for his work uncovering political corruption.
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C.
Jim Polk
Jim Polk is an American writer and former spouse of acclaimed Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
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D.
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States and a career military officer celebrated as a hero of the Mexican–American War.
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E.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedAsJustificationBy Context triple: [Thornton Affair, usedAsJustificationBy, James K. Polk]
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A.
justificationUsedBy
chosen
Indicates that a particular justification is employed or relied upon by a given entity (such as a person, system, or decision).
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B.
usedAsBasisFor
Indicates that one entity serves as the foundation, reference, or starting point upon which another entity is developed, derived, justified, or constructed.
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C.
usedByCourt
Indicates that something (such as a document, argument, or evidence) is utilized or relied upon by a court in its judicial process.
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D.
usedInCourts
Indicates that something is employed or applied within legal court settings, such as in judicial proceedings or courtroom processes.
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E.
justification
Indicates that one entity provides a reason, explanation, or supporting argument for the existence, validity, or appropriateness of another entity or claim.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d6aafa51148190ab84940694c00235 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a260ab488190ab1c00d9850f3096 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ee87deb3888190842bd61efd7b3989 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d85dd94bdc819091fa2ed33eb31624 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.